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$500K coming to Eddy, Lea counties to support grants for schools, roads

A group of oil and gas companies and local stakeholders is donating half a million dollars to Eddy and Lea counties to assist with grant writing as the industry booms in the two southeastern New Mexico counties leaving local communities in need of additional infrastructure funds.

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Editorial: A message for our Odessa neighbors we are here for you

We salute the people of Odessa. We are so proud of how our neighbors to the west have conducted themselves in what had to be one of the toughest times in memory. They have stood strong and showed us that comebacks are not only possible but are expected. We like that.

Permian Strategic Partnership announces grant assistance for two N.M. counties

The Permian Strategic Partnership announced a partnership with the JF Maddox Foundation and The Grants Collective and Community Development Consulting Associates LLC to provide professional grant writing, management and training expertise to local governments, school districts and non-profits in Lea and Eddy counties to strengthen their ability to successfully compete for state, federal and private […]

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PSP, foundation to contribute $625K to help Lea, Eddy counties

The Permian Strategic Partnership announced today a partnership with the JF Maddox Foundation and The Grants Collective and Community Development Consulting Associates to provide assistance to Lea and Eddy counties in New Mexico.

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Texas Transportation Commission approves 2020 UTP

The Texas Transportation Commission unanimously approved a statewide transportation plan today that will provide more than $2 billion in additional funding to transportation projects in the Odessa region over the next decade.

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PSP, region await state’s decision about $600M in transportation funding

Midlanders could land their second big win in this year of transformation. The Texas Transportation Commission on Thursday will vote on projects that make up its Unified Transportation Plan. Should the vote go the way many in the Permian Basin desire, it would mean $600 million in projects for the region. That includes $243 million […]

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Texas shale towns grapple with growth as oil-bust fears fade

ODESSA, TEXAS (Reuters) – In west Texas, the center of the U.S. oil boom, about 3,800 students at Permian High School are crammed into a campus designed for 2,500, with 20 portable buildings to help with the overflow.

Texas oil group hires D.C. lobbying firm

A Texas oil industry group has hired a prominent Republican lobbying firm to help educate lawmakers about community needs in the Permian Basin oil field.

PSP round table with US Sen John Cornyn and TxDOT Comm. Chairman Bruce Bugg Jr

Cornyn hears regional concerns from local leaders

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, joined Permian Basin leaders Monday to discuss how the region’s energy revolution has created explosive growth along with a multitude of challenges.

WATCH: Sen. Cornyn meets with local leadership

US Senator for Texas John Cornyn made a stop in Midland Monday afternoon. The Permian Basin Strategic Partnership and US Senator John Cornyn hold a roundtable discussion with local leaders and experts at the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum on Monday afternoon. 

Senator John Cornyn

Sen. Cornyn to meet with Midland leadership

MIDLAND, Texas (Big 2/Fox 24) – U.S. Senator John Cornyn will be making a pit stop in the Permian Basin to discuss infrastructure, the economy and health care with Midland leadership next week.

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‘Big Oil’ has big money ideas…

The new Permian Strategic Partnership of 20 energy companies says that it will donate $16.5 million to support the opening of 14 new charter schools in the Midland-Odessa area.